Deuteronomy 31:25

31:25 he ¹  commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant,

Deuteronomy 31:1

Succession of Moses by Joshua

31:1 Then Moses went ²  and spoke these words ³  to all Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

[31:25]  ¹ tn Heb “Moses.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[31:1]  ² tc For the MT reading וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh, “he went”), the LXX and Qumran have וַיְכַל (vaykhal, “he finished”): “So Moses finished speaking,” etc. The difficult reading of the MT favors its authenticity.

[31:1]  ³ tn In the MT this refers to the words that follow (cf. NIV, NCV).